Factors influencing teacher student interaction in public and private schools in Matungulu Sub-County, Machakos County, Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing teacher student
interaction in public and private secondary schools in Matungulu Sub-county. The main
objective of the study was to establish how various factors influence teacher student
interaction. A descriptive Survey research design was applied for the study. A
questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. The study was carried out in
all the 7 public and 3 private secondary schools in Matungulu Sub-county. A total of 120
respondents were targeted; using purposive sampling technique for students and simple
random sampling for teachers. It was observed that female teachers in private schools
interacted better with students. Teachers in private schools were able to interact well with
students from all academic categories. The study also found that student’s age was not a
barrier to the way teachers in public schools interacted. Teachers interacted better with
female than male students. Students from private schools equally interacted with teachers
irrespective of their gender, while average students frequently asked or responded to
questions. There are more restrictive environments in public schools than in private
schools although teacher-student interaction was poorer in private than in public schools.
Teacher-student relationship was friendlier in private schools than public schools.
Students that came from homes that had high values were more interactive than those
from insecure family backgrounds. The study concluded that: female teachers (private)
interact better than those in public schools and teacher-student relationship was generally
good in both institutions. It is recommended that other studies be done in other subcounties
to assess the teacher-student interaction in scopes not covered in this study.
Citation
A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Education in Comparative and Contemporary Issues in Education of the University of NairobiCollections
- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5962]